Reversible cuff.



1. BERKENFELD.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED 0018, 1912.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

ISRAEL BERKENFELD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

REVERSIBLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3,1914.

Application filed October 8, 1912. Serial No. 724,594.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL BERKENFELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reversible culfs particularly adapted and intended for use on coats, the object being to provide an improved reversible cufi which can be used either as an ordinary cuff or as a so called military cufi. This object is effected by means of an adjustable cufi structure which can be worn either inside or outside of the coat sleeve, as more fully explained hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a plan of the sleeve with the ordinary cuff. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the military cuff. Fig. 3 is a plan showing the military cuff pulled out, as in the act of changing from one style to the other. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section showing the position of the military cufif when the plain sleeve is used.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 11 indicates the cloth of the ordinary sleeve. This has a lining 6, and a piece or band of silesia 12 or the like may be sewed in at the end of the sleeve, between the lining and the cloth or facing. A tuck 13 is formed on the lining, producing an annular flap at the inside thereof, and this tuck is located at a distance above the end of the sleeve corresponding to the length of the military cufi when the latter is folded back into the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 4E. The military cuff attachment comprises a tubular facing 9, preferably of the same material as the cloth 11, and a lining 8 sewed thereto, both of these pieces being seamed into the sleeve at the lower end of the lining 6, said seam being indicated at 14 and being located within the end of the sleeve. Hooks 15 are attached to the underside of the tuck 13, in position to engage eyes 16 attached to the lining of the cuff attachment.

For ordinary use the cuff attachment consisting of the facing 9 and lining 8 is folded back into the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 4:, the upper end of the attachment being slipped under the tuck 13 and the hooks and eyes 15 and 16 being engaged to hold the attachment in place and the lining S then forms a continuation of the lining 6, the upper end of the latter being covered by the tuck 13 so that a smooth sleeve is produced, and the cuff attachment will not interfere with the wristband of the shirt when the sleeve is put on.

When it is desired to use the military cuff the hooks and eyes 15 and 16 are disengaged and the cuff attachment consisting of the parts 8 and 9 is then pulled out, as shown in Fig. 3, and is then folded back or over on the outside of the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby forming a military or enlarged cuff without increasing the length of the sleeve.

I claim:

The combination with a sleeve having a lining and a flap within said sleeve formed of said lining, of a cufi' secured at one end to said lining above the lower end of the sleeve, the other end being free, said cuff comprising a facing and a lining, and fold able inwardly into the sleeve with the lining of said cuff exposed on the inside and the free end confined under said flap, and fold able outwardly beyond the end of the sleeve and upon the outside thereof with the facing exposed on the outer side.

In testimony whereof, I do aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL BERKENFELD.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, STEDMAN J. ROCKWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

